Michael McLean awoke to the sound of gunfire on Harvard Street Thursday morning. He felt his apartment building shake.

Outside, a black Lexus sport-utility vehicle had crashed into a tree next to the building. A man sat slumped in the passenger seat, suffering from what proved to be fatal gunshots to the head and body.

Police are investigating the brazen daytime shooting that killed 41-year-old John Anthony Gray of Brockton.

“This was a brazen act of violence that took a young man’s life in broad daylight,” Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said. “We do not, however, believe that this was a random act, and we will use all the resources at our disposal to find those responsible.”

No arrests had been made as of Thursday evening.

Gray, who did not live at that address, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head and body, Middleton said.

It was the city’s fourth homicide this year.

State police detectives assigned to Cruz’s office are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 508-584-8120.

The shooting occurred as small children and their families were out and about in the neighborhood close to downtown.

With somber faces, distraught neighbors watched as ambulances, fire trucks and police cruisers swarmed the area minutes after the shooting.

Towana Brown shook her head as investigators, including an officer with a search dog, combed the street looking for shell casings, other evidence and possible suspects.

Two males had jumped a nearby fence after the shooting, witnesses said.

“It’s always something. As soon as the weather gets a little warm, it’s like open season for violence,” Brown, 40, said. ‘It’s too much. It’s just too much.”

A driver, whom police did not identify, opened the passenger side door and was holding the victim’s head as paramedics arrived, witnesses said.

Neighbors, including Sue Richardson, said they are worried about their children and fed up with violence.

“It’s terrifying,” Richardson, 48, said.

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